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The number of people who have died in house fires in Shropshire this year is the highest since records began.

Plans by a recession-hit Market Drayton business to transform one of its sites into a 32-home development have been opposed by town councillors.

The UK’s oldest surviving car manufacturer Vauxhall chose two Midlands speed hill climb venues to launch its new Astra GTC to the nation’s journalists this week.

Watch all the main highlights from AFC Telford United’s clash with Forest Green Rovers in the Blue Square Bet North.

It is the most basic of council services, at or near the top of any resident’s list of priorities – collecting the rubbish bins.

Boss Graham Turner has ordered Shrewsbury Town to forget about Rotherham’s poor form, insisting: “We must put our own house in order.”

Families in more than 130,000 Shropshire homes who recycle cardboard in their garden waste will no longer be able to do so from the end of next month.

Boss Andy Sinton is calling on the AFC Telford United fans to generate a positive atmosphere tomorrow – with a season-high crowd in the offing.

The president of Shropshire Chamber of Commerce has resigned after a row with his deputy. Tony Randall stepped down with immediate effect last night.

Mick McCarthy and captain Roger Johnson today issued a passionate rallying call to the Molineux masses, insisting: “We need you”.

Officers investigating a fatal house fire in Telford are not treating the blaze as suspicious, police today said.

Shropshire youngsters are scoring good GCSE and A-level exam results, official figures showed today.

A 47-year-old paedophile suspended from his job as a teacher at a school near Ellesmere posted details about the case on Twitter and YouTube, a court heard.

Two men were in police custody today after being arrested on suspicion of an assault in Oswestry.

The first that Ludlow clerk of the course and secretary Bob Davies knew it was going to be a rather special day was the moment he opened the racecourse and noticed that the title of the fifth race had been changed.

A village pub was open for business today after thieves forced their way in and stole the contents of two charity collection boxes.

Wolves fans will hold a 10-minute silence as part of a campaign against ‘ridiculous’ ticket prices.

The Territorial Army wants to recruit new ‘part-time’ soldiers from the Market Drayton area to plug gaps left by an increase in frontline operations and the downsizing of the regular Army.

Plans by a recession-hit Market Drayton business to transform one of its sites into a 32-home development have been opposed by town councillors.

A Michelin-starred chef who started his career at the famous Roux brothers restaurant the Waterside Inn in Bray has been appointed executive head chef at an Oswestry hotel.

Part of a main road near Albrighton has been closed after a water main underneath burst.

Multi-million pound plans to reopen a rural Shropshire railway station after more than 50 years of closure were back on track today as campaigners vowed to commission fresh research on the plans.

A Mid Wales manufacturer has been placed in administration and 38 workers ‘left in limbo’ over their future, a trade union boss claimed today.

Telford Tigers player-coach Tom Watkins beleievs his side still have ability to shock the high-flyers in the English Premier League – starting with this weekend’s game against Sheffield Steeldogs and Slough Jets.

Take a look at Carl Jones’s review of Contagion, the latest movie to hit cinema screens from director Steven Soderbergh.

With James Garrison away on holiday, the Shrewsbury Chronicle’s Stuart Dunn sits in to discuss Shrewsbury Town’s fortunes with AFC Telford correspondent Chris Hudson.

It's time for the clocks to go back and winter to begin.

“Original bands tend to get a lot of column inches, says Mike Holloway, singer with the HMV Band. “But covers bands don’t.”

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Amy Winehouse’s dad Mitch is to do the warm-up show for Matt Goss at the Royal Albert Hall to raise awareness of the charity set up in her name.